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“Suck it up, Buttercup”

11 points by spking 10y ago

serge2k 10y ago
> "In life there's winners and losers and when your car breaks down, your kids get sick or you have to take a second job to pay your mortgage, you don't get to go to a cry zone, you don't get to pet a pony. You have to deal with it." Meh. People end up learning that lesson at some point. This bill seems stupid and targeted at suppressing anti-trump people. I do think the people who need to go cry in a room and have grief counseling over the president elect need to get some perspective. If you are that upset then stand up and do something about it. Go join those protesters, get involved politically. Spend the next 4 years fighting against the BS Trump is peddling. Life isn't fair, but you can't just go hide from it.
mywittyname 10y ago
People seeking counseling because they are worried for their rights after a Trump's election are no different than those people who stocked up on guns and ammo after Obama's election. Obama made his stance on issues clear in 2008, just has Trump has in 2016, and the people most affected by these stances are justified in their reactions. This is really just an attempt to infantilize people who have legitimate concerns regarding their future and this legislative bullying seems like proof that a lot of peoples' concerns regarding the nation's legislative direction is merited. I was one of those people calling for us to "wait and see" what happens, but it's becoming more clear by the day that the people in power with a negative opinion of people who are not white, American-born, christians have been galvanized and will attempt to squelch their rights and opinions as much as possible.
davidf18 10y ago
Perhaps they should learn the experience of many working class workers who have lost their jobs. Their college should have them speak with the Carrier air conditioner workers in Indiana who had their factory moved to Mexico.

3 ms·

“Suck it up, Buttercup”

11 points by spking 10y ago

serge2k 10y ago
> "In life there's winners and losers and when your car breaks down, your kids get sick or you have to take a second job to pay your mortgage, you don't get to go to a cry zone, you don't get to pet a pony. You have to deal with it." Meh. People end up learning that lesson at some point. This bill seems stupid and targeted at suppressing anti-trump people. I do think the people who need to go cry in a room and have grief counseling over the president elect need to get some perspective. If you are that upset then stand up and do something about it. Go join those protesters, get involved politically. Spend the next 4 years fighting against the BS Trump is peddling. Life isn't fair, but you can't just go hide from it.
mywittyname 10y ago
People seeking counseling because they are worried for their rights after a Trump's election are no different than those people who stocked up on guns and ammo after Obama's election. Obama made his stance on issues clear in 2008, just has Trump has in 2016, and the people most affected by these stances are justified in their reactions. This is really just an attempt to infantilize people who have legitimate concerns regarding their future and this legislative bullying seems like proof that a lot of peoples' concerns regarding the nation's legislative direction is merited. I was one of those people calling for us to "wait and see" what happens, but it's becoming more clear by the day that the people in power with a negative opinion of people who are not white, American-born, christians have been galvanized and will attempt to squelch their rights and opinions as much as possible.
davidf18 10y ago
Perhaps they should learn the experience of many working class workers who have lost their jobs. Their college should have them speak with the Carrier air conditioner workers in Indiana who had their factory moved to Mexico.